The GOP’s budget would cause the deaths of at least 70,000 children around the world who rely on American funding, according to the government agency in charge of foreign aid. Of the 70,000 deaths, 30,000 would come from slashing malaria control programs, 24,000 from lack of immunizations and 16,000 from unsafe birthing practices.

“I believe these are very conservative estimates,” USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah told a House Appropriations subcommittee this week.

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